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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to create rights

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to create rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. – William J. Brennan, Jr.

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